You are not the first to have trouble with that distributor. They are all made by the same company in China. I think I pointed out the manufacturer in a prior post somewhere. If you look at some of...
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You are not the first to have trouble with that distributor. They are all made by the same company in China. I think I pointed out the manufacturer in a prior post somewhere. If you look at some of...
Chris, it is important to verify that you have at least near 10 volts while cranking. Any less and two things can happen. The coil will not saturate and generate a spark and the ignition module will...
Chris, make sure there is at least 10 volts at the coil while cranking. If there is pull the distributor. Put the points distributor back in. If you want an electronic distributor, buy the Pertronix...
Larry, he got it to run with a jumper to the coil and the electronic distributor. I think he is saying he is back to no spark with the jumper off and using the key again?
Clarify that for us...
Use your Mult-Meter and chase it down. I have money riding on the ignition switch but, there are other possibilities. Yes it is possible that you have a bad connection. Since you know it runs with...
Follow Larry's guidance here. Follow A,B,C,D and let us know. You now need to find the intermittent voltage to the coil. One of the things Larry has pointed out above that you need to know, is your...
Chris there is one thing that I can think of left. Are you checking the voltage at the positive terminal of the coil while the engine is cranking?
Run a wire (very temporarily) from the battery +...
Chris, we have covered it all. You must have a rash of bad distributor ignition modules. Do you have the original distributor around? The only other components that are left would be the Rotor and...
You are welcome, this is a bit baffling.
It is possible the coil needs to have the housing grounded, usually it is not necessary.The distributor housing must be grounded. If the block is...
Chris the coil body is grounded at the engine block. It is probably the blue coating providing the insulator to ground. I was trying to be sure the engine is well grounded. Just to be sure check from...
Good deal Chris. I also would like you to measure the resistance to ground from the coil body itself to the battery negative. Then disconnect the ignition module (distributor) wires from the coil....
Chris exactly where are you measuring 11.8V? Where are the black and red leads from the distributor hooked? What else if anything is hooked up to the coil? Is there a Tachometer wired in? Can you...
I think Larry has you in the right direction. I am also wondering about the ignition module on that electronic distributor.
When you lost the ground after the short, it is possible it caused some...